*This is a repeat episode that ran last year on Apraxia Awareness Day. BUT, it deserves repeating as Apraxia is something that is near and dear to my heart <3 * Today is Apraxia Awareness day and I am so excited to share with you our story with Apraxia, what it means to me, the struggles that Apraxia has brought to our family, and how we have learned to look past the diagnosis into the beautiful gift that is our son. Resources mentioned in this episode: Apra xia-Kids Homeschoolers on Facebook...
May 14, 2019•26 min
In today’s episode, I am excited to be chatting with Sherri Seligson, author from Apologia Science. Sherri and I chat all things homeschooling. As an empty nester, she has SO much experience and wisdom to share with us. We chat homeschool curriculum pressure, gaps in education, and so much more. It will leave you equipped and ready to have a more joyful homeschool. If you liked this episode be sure to leave a rating or review. These serve as a notice to iTunes that I'm not speaking to myself. It...
May 10, 2019•36 min•Ep. 55
After all of these years of homeschooling, I am still learning things. Homeschooling has taught me so much, and I am so grateful for it. I think we start of homeschooling thinking we are going to teach our kids, but in reality, I think sometimes God calls us to homeschool so He can teach us a thing or two. And those homeschool lessons aren’t always easy. I am sharing three important lessons I have learned from homeschooling. I am chatting patience, prayer time, comparison and so much more. One t...
May 03, 2019•16 min•Ep. 54
In this episode of the Joyfully Homeschooling podcast, we chat with the author of Sonlight Curriculum, Sarita Holzmann. Sarita Holzmann is the founder of Sonlight Curriculum, speaker, writer, curriculum developer, missions advocate, beloved wife, veteran homeschool mom, and active grandmother. I enjoyed chatting missions, literature, cultivating a love for reading and so much more in this episode. I learned so much about Sonlight, we chatted about some of our favorite books, and I left the episo...
Apr 26, 2019•40 min•Ep. 53
Stefani Stoltzfus from Walls at Home blog is a wife and Mom to 3 kids, ages 6, 4 and almost 2. She is passionate about encouraging Moms to become warriors for their children. I loved chatting with Stefani about homeschooling and she offered an interesting perspective as a second generation homeschooler. I really enjoyed chatting with Stefani about personalities and TRULY getting to know her kids. That is one awesome benefit of homeschooling. When your kids are with you each and every day you can...
Apr 19, 2019•28 min•Ep. 52
In today’s episode, we will be answering a question from a listener, Carrie asks, “I’m about to start my daughter in kindergarten this year. Homeschool has always been the plan since before she was conceived and here we finally are. Problem is she wants to go to school. My heart is torn, I’m not sure what to do” Another similar question dealt with this only in high school, Mona says, My daughters cousin is always telling my daughter to "come to public school because she misses out on all the "go...
Apr 12, 2019•24 min•Ep. 51
After spending years teaching in a traditional classroom, Jamie Erickson returned home to not only teach her own live-in circus of five but also to encourage and equip a growing tribe of homeschooling moms on her blog, The Unlikely Homeschool. Her first book, Homeschool Bravely , releases with Moody Publishers this year. Jamie shares with us how she overcame mommy guilt and embraced the birth order of her kids as God ordained. We also chatted about how little we truly knew before we began homesc...
Apr 05, 2019•18 min•Ep. 50
Today's episode is with Julie Bogart from Brave Writer. I have been SO excited about this episode and have been blown away by her new book, the Brave Learner. In this episode, we chat about more than just our normal Fess Up Friday questions. I dive in deep and ask Julie questions about getting past the craft mess, and following a more relaxed approach in high school. If you listen to no other episode EVER on the Joyfully Homeschooling episode this is the one you do NOT want to miss :) If you lik...
Mar 29, 2019•57 min•Ep. 49
On this season of the podcast, we have many amazing guests on the line up including, Julie Bogart, Sherri Siegelson, Sarita from Sonlight, Connie Albers, and topics on what to do if your kids want to go to school, what homeschooling has taught me, and much more. On this episode of the Joyfully Homeschooling podcast, we are tackling homeschool fears. Over and over again I hear from moms about their fears. They want to homeschool well, but fear stops them. They want to love homeschooling, but as s...
Mar 22, 2019•25 min•Ep. 48
In this episode, we are going to talk about how to enjoy homeschooling instead of worrying about whether or not we are doing enough in our homeschool. Too often times we worry about being too relaxed in our homeschool. We worry about “keeping up” or letting the kids “fall behind” and in doing so we don’t actually stop and enjoy our kids. We also chat about how to recognize if you ARE doing enough in your homeschool. If you liked this episode be sure to leave a rating or review. These serve as a ...
Mar 08, 2019•21 min•Ep. 47
